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Those who want to see Ohio charter schools get better should push back against a campaign by some to make it easier for failing schools to stay open. In recent months, the Ohio Coalition for Quality Education has been lobbying lawmakers, urging them to consider judging charter schools by an easier standard so that fewer of them would have to close for failing to meet performance targets.

Franklinton is at a crossroads. On one hand, it is home to pockets of deep poverty and crime, including the city’s highest homicide rate. On the other hand, it is an emerging arts community, museum center and home to urban homesteaders and investors. But the surest sign that Franklinton is rapidly redeveloping from troubled to trendy is the impending construction of a gleaming five-story residential and commercial building at 230 W. Rich St., overlooking the Scioto River. It will rise on the site of the former Riverside-Bradley public housing complex.